Dear Editor,
It is with utter disgust and frustration that I pen this letter to highlight a rather unfortunate situation unfolding in Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.
Overtime, residents have become resigned to their fate and have thrown their hands up in despair at the loud, lewd and vulgar disturbances emanating from a sports bar operated by a Police Officer.
Residents are forced to endure this callous and unconscionable injustice every Friday evening as calls to the Police station have yielded no results.
In fact, at least two uniformed Policemen have been photographed on the premises joining in the melee of dance, revelry and the consumption of drugs and alcohol on the premises.
The putrid smell of narcotics envelops homes and is harmful to residents who are aged, sick or suffering various maladies.
Persons with hypertension, migraines, newborn babies and the elderly have not been spared the invasive noises; rattling glass windows, vibrating chinaware and shattering nerves.
Consequently, at least one elderly resident died as a result of the palpitation from the loud music and despite repeated requests to lower the volume of music during the man’s final hours, there was no favourable response.
We can no longer endure this disgraceful criminality and trampling of our civil rights that has been foisted upon us and continues way into the wee hours of the morning.
We plead with the relevant authorities, especially those with responsibility for regulating commercial operations in residential zones, to heed our cries for help.
Angry and frustrated
residents
